Receptacle



Feb. 15, 1938., A, F, RE LLY 2,108,445

RECEPTACLE Filed May 21, 1937 M WW Patented Feb. 15, 1938 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE to Evans Case Company,

North Attlchoro,

Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application May 21, 1937, SerialNo. 144,066

11 Claims.

The subject of the present invention is an enclosure which may carry alighter of some type preferably in association with a compartment forcarrying cigarettes or the. like.

The present invention contemplates a device which in its preferred formwhen closed may be smooth, uniform and regular in outline asdistinguished from the combination cigarette case and lighter in whichthe lighter and its manipulating mechanism is exposed. Preferably thecase will consist of two unit members which may be smooth and regular ontheir outer surface. On the inside of one member may be mounted alighter in such a way that when the case is opened the lighter will beerect and available for use. Means will preferably be provided forcausing the lighter to turn to be readily and entirely enclosed by thecase as the case itself is closed.

The specific form of lighter employed forms no part of the presentinvention, nor is it essential that the case itself be of any particularsize, shape or contour.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a perspective View of an openreceptacle provided with a lighter. Fig. 2 is a similar perspective Viewshowing the case partially closed and the lighter partially turned toits final position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1showing another type of lighter in an open case or receptacle. Fig. 4 isa fragmentary sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6are fragmentary sectional views on the lines 5-5 and 66 respectively ofFig. 4. I

As illustrated the receptacle comprises two hinged members. The memberIl] may be referred to as the cover and the member ll may be referred toas the base. The members are hinged together at l2 and at one end of thebase member is provided a section I3 in which the cigarettes forinstance may be held by the usual presser member M carried by the hingel2. At its end the section I3 may be provided with a dividing member l5beyond which is a section 5. The dividing member l5 tends to keep thecigarettes in place and out of the way of the moving lighter and alsotends to keep the fumes or liquid from the lighter from affecting thecigarettes. Toward the end of the section I6 is fastened one leaf ll ofa spring hinge l8. The other leaf of the spring hinge is may be fastenedto or may form the bottom of a lighter ill. The arrangement may be suchthat the lighter IS in the open position of the receptacle is heldupright or substantially at right angles to the botv tom member II, andpreferably the lighter will be so held in very close engagement with theadjacent end of the base member ll. Such an arrangement insures thelighter when ignited being as far as possible from the cigarettes in thecompartment l 3. As illustrated the spring of the '5 hinge I8 tends tokeep the two leaves of the hinge together and so holds the lighter H! inthe upright position. It will be noted that not only is the lightermounted toward the end of the base member I! but it is also so arrangedthat the 10 ignitible member 20 is so placed that the sparks induced bymanipulation of the thumb piece 2| are directed away from the inner sideor hinge of the receptacle 12. It will be noted that the hinge I8 isillustrated with the leaves extending from the pintle toward the end ofthe base member II but this is not essential to the present invention.

A resilient member 22 is carried by'the cover member Ill, beingillustrated as fastened at one end near the hinge I2 at the edge of themember Ill. The resilient member 22 may be of any suitable shape. It isillustrated as shaped substantially like the arc of a circle. Asillustrated more distinctly in Figs. 5 and 6 the resilient member 22 25is mounted so that its free end extends away from the cover member 10.It is so positioned that its end is normally substantially parallel tobut out of contact with the outer edge of the lighter l9. turned uponits hinge l2 the extending free end of the member 22 engages the lighterl9 and by its resilient contact causes the lighter ill to turn on itshinge l8 so that it finally reaches a substantially horizontal positionwhen the receptacle is in closed position. In this position theresiliency of the member 22 allows it to give and let the members I0 andI I come into final closed position in which they may be held if desiredby any suitable means such as the catches (not shown) which are wellknown in the art. It will be understood that as the member 22 moves withthe cover 10 it causes the portion of the lighter I9 which it engages tomove in more or less of an arc with the pintle of the the center. Forthis reason it is sufficient for the member 22 to be substantially areshaped as shown, although of course a larger or different shaped membermight be employed. For convenience and so as to avoid marring the finishor 5 defacing the coating of the parts it may be convenient to arrangethe device so that the member 22 engages only the back outer corner ofthe lighter as in the arrangement shown.

In Figs. 1 and When, however, the cover member II] is 30 hinge l8 as 2is illustrated a lighter of the usual spark and fuel type. The presentinvention may also be readily adapted to a lighter of the catalytic typeas illustrated in Fig. 3 in which the lighter l9a has a cover 23 whichmay be released by pressure on the button 245 so as to expose thelighter 25 or the catalytic member. In mounting such a lighter it ispossible to place the operating member 24 at the outer edge of the basemember I I and thus any inconvenience which may be due to having thethumb piece 2i near the cover member ID may be avoided.

As shown the hinge I8 is at substantially a right angle to the hinge l2and the member 22 while moved with the cover iii about the axis of thehinge I2 causes the lighter to turn about the axis of the hinge H3. Thespecific arrangement, angle and location of the hinge I8 like the form,arrangement and location of the member 22 may be varied, as may otherparts of the receptacle, without departing from the present invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A receptacle comprising two members hinged together, a lightercarried by one member, means on said member for holding the lighter atapproximately 90 to the member, and a curved spring on the other memberto engage the lighter and cause it to be substantially parallel to thefirst member as the receptacle closes.

2. A receptacle comprising two members hinged together, a lightercarried by one member, a spring hinge on said member for holding thelighter at approximately 90 to the member, and

a curved spring on the other member and projecting therefrom to engagethe lighter and cause it to be substantially parallel to the firstmember as the receptacle closes.

3. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a second hinge having a leaf attached to one member and havingits pintle at right angles to the pintle of the first hinge, a lightermounted on one leaf of the second hinge, a spring tending to keep theleaves of the second spring in position to hoid the lighter at rightangles to the said member, means on the other member engaging thelighter and causing it to be substantially parallel to the first memberas the receptacle is closed.

4. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a second hinge having a leaf attached to one member and havingits pintle at right angles to the pintle of the first hinge, a lightermounted on one leaf of the second hinge, a spring tending to keep theleaves of the second spring in contact with each other, means on theother member engaging the lighter and causing it to separate the leavesof the said second hinge as the receptacle is closed.

5. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a second hinge having a leaf attached to one member and havingits pintle at right angles to the pintle of the first hinge, a lightermounted on one leaf of the second hinge with its operating mechanismaway from the first hinge, a spring tending to keep the leaves of thesecond spring in position to hold the lighter at right angles to itssupporting member; means on the other member engaging the lighter andcausing it to move the lighter to a position substantially parallel toits supporting member as the receptacle is closed.

6. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a second hinge having a leaf attached to one member and havingits pintle at right angles to the pintle of the first hinge, a lightermounted on one leaf of the second hinge, a receptacle for cigarettesseparated from the lighter, a spring tending to keep the leaves of thesecond spring in position to hold the lighter at right angles with itssupporting member, means on the other member engaging the lighter andcausing it to move toward a position substantially parallel to itssupporting member as the receptacle is closed.

7. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a second hinge having a leaf attached to one member near itsend and having its pintle at right angles to the pintle of the firsthinge, a lighter mounted on one leaf of the second hinge between thehinge pintle and the end of the member, a spring tending to keep theleaves of the second hinge in position to hold the lighter at rightangles with its supporting member, means on the other member engagingthe lighter and causing it to move the leaf of the said second hingecarrying the lighter to a position where the lighter is substantiallyparallel to its supporting member as the receptacle is closed.

8. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a second hinge having a leaf attached to one member near itsend and having its pintle at right angles to the pintle of the firsthinge, a lighter mounted on one leaf of the second hinge, between thehinge pintle and the end of the member and with its igniting elementaway from the first hinge, a spring tending to keep the leaves of thesecond spring in position to support the lighter at right angles to itssupporting member, a curved spring on the other member projectingtherefrom and engaging the lighter and causing it to move to a positionsubstantially parallel to its supporting member as the receptacle isclosed.

9. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a lighter carried at one end of one member with its ignitingelement away from the hinge, means for holding the lighter atapproximately 90 to the member, a curved resilient device on the othermember and standing away therefrom and normally out of contact with thelighter but engaging the lighter and causing it to turn away from theend of its supporting member to a position substantially parallel to thefirst mem ber as the receptacle is closedv 10. A receptacle comprisingtwo members hinged together, a lighter carried at one end of one member,a hinge on said member the pintle of the hinge being at right angles tothe hinged joint and adapted for holding the lighter at approximately 90to the member, and means on the other member to engage the lighter andcause it to turn away from the end of the memher to be substantiallyparallel to the first member as the receptacle closes.

11. A receptacle comprising two members, a hinge connecting the memberstogether, a lighter, a hinge on the member carrying the lighter thepintle of the hinge being at right angles to the hinged joint andadapted for carrying the lighter with its igniting element away from thehinge, means for holding the lighter at approximately 90 to the member,a device on the other member and normally out of contact with thelighter but engaging the lighter and causing it to turn away from theend of its supporting member to a position substantially parallel to thefirst member as the receptacle is closed.

ALFRED F. REILLY.

